Police foil robbers’ attempt to hijack bullion van

A suspected armed robber was shot dead and another arrested when policemen foiled an attempt to intercept a bullion van conveying money for a commercial bank in Apapa area of Lagos metropolis.
During the heavy gun duel between the robbers and the police, three persons including a military personnel were injured.
Daily Sun gathered that the robbers, who were operating on three motorcycles (Okada) had opened fire on the bullion van at the Mobil Road. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the Area ‘B’ police station, Usman Ndababo, who heard the sound of the sporadic gunshots mobilised his men and started tracing the location where the gunshots were coming from and finally met the robbers, who had already over-powered the men in the van and their escort.
The robbers on sighting the policemen tried to scare the police away by firing at them but the policemen responded. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who did not take the gallantry of the policemen lightly, turned the place into a war zone.
The police and the robbers engaged themselves in a gun battle that lasted for about 30 minutes and when the smoke settled, one of the robbers was dead, another arrested while three other innocent persons including a military personnel sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital.